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Message From The Meters: The Complete Josie Repris
Artist:
The Meters
Format: CD
New: Currently Unavailable New
Wish
Formats and Editions
1. Sophisticated Cissy 2:51
2. Sehorns Farms
3. Cissy Strut 3:07
4. Here Comes the Meter Man 2:56
5. Ease Back 3:15
6. Ann 2:46
7. Dry Spell 2:45
8. Little Old Money Maker 2:41
9. Look-Ka Py Py 3:20
10. This Is My Last Affair 2:56
11. Chicken Strut 3:15
12. Hey! Last Minute 3:01
13. Hand Clapping Song 2:57
14. Joog 2:14
15. A Message from the Meters 3:02
16. Zony Mash 2:44
17. Stretch Your Rubber Band 2:46
18. Groovy Lady 2:37
19. (The World Is a Bit Under the Weather) Doodle-Oop
20. I Need More Time 2:30
21. Good Old Funky Music 4:48
22. Sassy Lady
23. Do the Dirt 2:38
24. Smiling 3:09
25. Cabbage Alley 3:33
26. The Flower
27. Chug Chug Chug-A-Log, Pt. 1 (Push N' Shove) the Meters
28. Chug Chug Chug-A-Lug, Pt. 2 (Push N' Shove) 3:29
29. Hey Pocky A-Way 4:07
30. Africa 4:01
31. People Say 5:19
32. Loving You Is on My Mind 3:20
33. They All Ask'd for You 4:12
34. Running Fast Long Version 1:27
35. Disco Is the Thing Today 4:22
36. Mr. Moon 4:03
37. Trick Bag 3:21
38. Find Yourself 4:12
39. Be My Lady 6:26
40. No More Okey Doke 4:20
More Info:
How would you like to hear a new side-or should we say sides-of the world's greatest funk band? This 40-track set presents the A and B-side of every single that organist Art Neville, guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter, Jr., and drummer Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste cut for the Josie, Reprise & Warner Bros. Label, virtually their entire singles output save for a few odds 'n' ends issued mostly overseas. That means that you not only get every hit along with it's hard-to-find B-side but also the rare single mixes, including the especially rare original mono single mixes of the 1968-1971 Josie sides, very few of which have appeared on CD (the first CD is all mono; the second, featuring the later Reprise and Warner Bros. #singles, presents all stereo single mixes). These songs represent the mother lode of New Orleans funk, classic tracks like "Sophisticated Cissy," "Cissy Strut," "Look-Ka Py Py," "Chicken Strut," "Hand Clapping Song," "Hey Pocky A-Way," and more, all but two tracks co-produced by the late, legendary Allen Toussaint. And, with liner notes by Bill Dahl featuring quotes from Nocentelli, Neville, and Porter, this 2-CD set offers probably the best retrospective to date of this enormously influential band. And how's the sound? Well, after extensive and exhaustive tape research, we were able to come up with original tape sources for all but five of these single sides, and the remastering-by Mike Milchner at SonicVision-is tight! Just maybe the year's most indispensable R&B release.
